Cellphone radiation warning as researchers reveal new risk factor for 5G networks
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Anyone uploading videos of their scenic hike in a rural area with 5G is exposed to nearly twice the radiation of someone in a city, according to a new study. Researchers believe the extra radiation stems not from 5G cell towers, but from users' own mobile devices which work overtime to get out a signal in rural areas.
![[RF-EMF are the means by which radio waves transfer energy, allowing wireless devices to communicate across frequencies that include microwave radiation — which under the wrong circumstances can deliver a dangerous amount of energy]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/03/21/93723177-14247371-image-a-45_1735938148495.jpg)
A team at the Swiss Tropical And Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), tracked 5G cell phone users' exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF) across two cities and three rural communities. RF-EMF are the means by which radio waves transfer energy, allowing wireless devices to communicate across frequencies that include microwave radiation — which under the wrong circumstances can deliver a dangerous amount of energy.
![[In both city and rural area tests, the researchers conducted 'microenvironment' comparisons, where different factors come into play, including: residential neighborhoods, industrial areas, schools, public parks and public transit. Above, that data for the 'maximum upload' experiment]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/03/17/93712107-14247371-In_both_city_and_rural_area_tests_the_researchers_conducted_micr-a-2_1735926009805.jpg)
The team found that the average exposure in the rural areas was 29 milliwatts-per-square-meter (mW/sq-m) when uploading, nearly three-times the safety risk threshold recommended by the World Health Organization, 10 mW/sq-m. That was also much higher than the amount recorded for phones uploading content in the two Swiss cities, for which the team found an average reading of 16 mW/sq-m.
![[The 29 mW/sq-m exposure value was above the safety threshold recommended by the World Health Organization of 10 mW/sq-m - but well below US regulators' own threshold limits. Above, a summer morning in the rural Swiss village of Zermatt with with views of the Alps]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/03/17/93712093-14247371-The_29_mW_sq_m_exposure_value_was_above_the_safety_threshold_rec-a-3_1735926009806.jpg)
The measurement represents how much radiofrequency energy is passing through a given surface area (like human skin) in the path of these wireless signals. Anyone uploading rustic pictures of their farm or posting videos of their scenic hike in a rural area with 5G is exposed to nearly twice the radiation of someone in a city, according to a new study. Above, the first 5G 'Optus' cell phone tower erected in a suburb of Canberra, Australia.
